One of the cliches of modern media is some harried woman on an exploitive tv show screaming back at a booing audience “You don’t know me! You don’t know me!” seconds after we learn she has slept with her sister’s husband.

One of the problems with modern media, in all it’s forms, is that the viewer thinks it’s getting the whole story.

The dilemma I see is that people are exploiting the “worst” of themselves to gain that attention. It can’t be good for their self-esteem. Shortcuts usually backfire. And this money/fear link is terrible for our society, man.

I *love* your use of the last photo, the world “below” not on the maps in hand. Indeed.